Kaapse bloem, Jan Brandes, 1786

This work belongs to Album van Jan Brandes, deel 1 (NG-1985-7-1)

Identification

Title(s)

Kaapse bloem

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1985-7-1-114

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘Caapsche Bloem en zaad van Waater Euntjes. Cabo 17 Julii 1786. De bollen kan men eeten de steel is wel een manslengte lang, de bloem en bladeren alleen zwemmen op 't water ieder aan een steel alleen, die onder aan een bol vast is, zyn klyn en groot na maate van de vettigheid van de grond waar zy staan. de slooten leggen vol van deeze bladeren en bloemen. aponogeton distachyum’

Description

Kleurtekening van de bloem, de plant en het zaad van de Kaapse waterlelie. Met opschrift. Onderdeel uit het schetsboek van Jan Brandes, dl. 1 (1808), p. 183.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan Brandes

Place

Cape of Good Hope

Dating

17-Jul-1786

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 195 mm × width 155 mm

Subject

What

flowers

When

1786 - 1786

Where

Cape of Good Hope

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 2-May-1985

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

See the provenance for NG-1985-7-1.

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Relations

Is part of

Album van Jan Brandes, deel 1 (NG-1985-7-1)

Documentation

The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808 : drawings of a Dutch traveller in Batavia, Ceylon and Southern Africa, Max de Bruijn, An Duits, Remco Raben, p. 487-488, 509-510 met afb., cat.nr. 196

Persistent URL

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